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tassadarforaiuryesterday at 4:36 PM2 repliesview on HN

One of the biggest banks in the US forces staff and contractors alike to install a proprietary 2fa app on their personal devices. if you can get a company phone, you can't finish activating the MDM, to install the company 2fa app, without first using that 2fa app on your personal device. Even a company yubikey can't be activated without the 2fa appp, which again, you can't get on a company device without first installing it on your personal device.


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magicalhippoyesterday at 10:20 PM

Easy fix. The company buys me a second personal phone, which I can then use to set up the work phone which they also buy.

nkriscyesterday at 5:21 PM

What about people who don’t have smartphones? Not everyone has one.